There is a lesson here if you care to see it.
Sent: Saturday,
October 20, 2007 11:58 PM
Subject: Life is the Coffee
> LIFE IS
THE COFFEE
> A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got
together to
> visit their old university professor. The conversation
soon turned into
> complaints about stress in work and life.
>
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and
returned
> with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups -
porcelain, plastic,
> glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some
expensive, and some exquisite -
> telling them to help themselves to the
coffee.
> After all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the
professor said:
> "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups
were taken up,
> leaving
> behind the plain and cheap
ones.
>
> "While it is but normal for you to want only the best
for yourselves, THAT
> is the source of your problems and
stress."
> "Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the
coffee. In most
> cases, it's just more expensive and in some cases even
hides what we
> drink.
> What all of you really wanted was
coffee, not the cup, but you consciously
> went for the best cups and
then began eyeing each other's cups."
> "Now consider this: Life is the
coffee. . .and the jobs, houses, cars,
> things, money and position in
society are the cups. They are just tools to
> hold and contain life,
and the type of cup we have does not define nor
> change the quality of
life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on
> the
> cup, we
fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. God brews the
>
coffee,
> not the cups. Enjoy your coffee."
> "Being happy doesn't
mean everything is perfect; it means you've decided
> to
> see
beyond the imperfections."
>